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Transcript of Symonds/FIA investigators interview
The evidence against Renault in Formula 1's highly damaging 'Singapore-gate' race-fixing scandal is mounting up, after the R?gie's executive director of engineering Pat Symonds refused to deny that the team had instructed Nelsinho Piquet to crash on lap 14 of the top flight's inaugural nig
Canada will be back in 2010
The Canadian Grand Prix will return next season, the organisers of the event confirmed today.
Brawn didn't make strategy call, reveals Button.
Jenson Button has pointed out that Brawn GP's 1-2 result was the result of teamwork, not just behind the scenes at the team's Brackley factory, but also on the pit-wall when it came to taking vital strategic decisions during qualifying and the race.
Hamilton 'sorry' for late gaff
McLaren-Mercedes number one driver Lewis Hamilton has apologised to his team after crashing out of the Italian Grand Prix on the final lap - and throwing away a certain third place finish.
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Head: Nelson should have said no.
Williams technical director Patrick Head has admitted that he, and others with him, thought that there was something odd about Renault's strategy in last year's Singapore Grand Prix, but insists that he would be bad for Formula One if the squad was found to have 'fixed' the race.
REVEALED: Post-qualifying car weights in Monza
The post-qualifying fuel weights ahead of the Italian Grand Prix this weekend suggest that Heikki Kovalainen could be in the best position to win Sunday's thirteenth round in the 2009 FIA F1 World Championship.
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Brawn: Nothing negative about Button.
Eponymous team boss Ross Brawn has played down suggestions that Jenson Button is buckling under the pressure of leading the Formula One world championship, claiming that even seven-time champion Michael Schumacher showed signs of tension in each of his title-winning campaigns.
Renault takes legal action against Piquet family
The Renault team has revealed that it is to seek legal redress against the Piquet family amid what it claims are attempts to use suspicions over last year's Singapore Grand Prix as a means to blackmail individuals within the organisation.
Alonso surprised by 'fix' allegations.
Fernando Alonso has claimed that, had his Renault team instigated extreme tactics to enable him to win last year's Singapore Grand Prix, he was unaware of them.
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Mansell on Button, Singapore...and Rossi
Jenson Button just needs to loosen up a bit, the constant scandals and controversies are damaging Formula 1 and Valentino Rossi is an 'extraordinary talent' who 'wouldn't fit in' amongst all the political wrangling and in-fighting so prevalent in the top flight - those are the views of Nigel Mans
Transcript of Nelson Piquet Jr's statement to the FIA
Full statement given by Nelsinho Piquet to the FIA regarding the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix: I, Nelson Angelo Piquet, born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany...say as follows:
Massa: I was one millimetre from blindness
Injured Ferrari star Felipe Massa has revealed that the blow he received in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix back in July was a mere millimetre away from leaving him blinded - as doctors claim the Brazilian will return to Formula 1 'even stronger than before'.
Renault revisits KERS.
Renault has revealed that it will resurrect its KERS technology for this weekend's visit to the flat-out pistes of Monza, hoping to boost fortunes that took a blow with a double retirement at the Belgian Grand Prix two weekends ago.
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Badoer blames media and rules for F1 failure
Luca Badoer has hit out at the Formula 1 media for having 'played a fundamental role' in the decision to replace him at Ferrari with Giancarlo Fisichella - arguing that he is a 'victim' of the current ban on in-season testing in the top flight, meaning no incoming driver stands a chance.
Citroen boss agrees to free Loeb for Abu Dhabi
Record-breaking five-time World Rally Champion S?bastien Loeb will be free to make his Formula 1 debut in the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale should the occasion present itself, Citro?n has revealed - as the French manufacturer officially acknowledged that it would not stand in the way of
Fisichella 'in seventh heaven' ahead of Ferrari debut
New Ferrari recruit Giancarlo Fisichella has confessed that he is 'in seventh heaven' after being released by Force India to join the fabled Prancing Horse for the remainder of the 2009 Formula 1 World Championship campaign and likely also the remainder of his grand prix career - 14 years on from
Renault courting Raikkonen and Nokia for 2010?
Renault is understood to have held discussions with 2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen regarding a potential switch to the French outfit next year - in a move that could at the same time earn the R?gie a title sponsorship deal with mobile 'phone company Nokia.
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Brundle reckons Fisichella could have won Spa.
Former F1 star Martin Brundle believes that Giancarlo Fisichella could have gone one better than his second place in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, if only the Italian had made a better getaway at the race's early restart.
Development continues at BMW Sauber
Despite the management in Munich opting to pull the plug on its Formula One involvement from the end of the 2009 season, BMW Sauber team boss Mario Thiessen has revealed that development of the F1.09 will continue apace until the final race.
Button and Hamilton opening lap retirements in Spa
Formula 1 World Championship leader Jenson Button and countryman Lewis Hamilton have both retired from the Belgian Grand Prix on the opening lap, after being caught up in a chain reaction m?l?e that caused chaos at Spa-Francorchamps.
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